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Labor
Day Ride to Tulsa - Part 1
September 1, 2003 by David Kincannon |
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A three day holiday weekend at the
end of another hot dry summer comes with three days of rain. Hoping
that it will clear up early in the morning, we set out from the
east side of Stillwater(Jct 51/108)on a 60 mile journey towards
Tulsa and a good lunch. The rain never let up and was actually worse
in Tulsa. Six cyclists were in the group: Warren Anglin, Valerie
Bloodgood, David Kincannon, Don Norvelle, Bill Venable, and Susan
Walker. We rode through Yale, Mannford. and Sand Springs. Somewhere
in the rain, the lunch plans were changed from sandwiches or such
on Cherry Street (15th) to hot italian dinners at the Olive Garden
in Utica Square. Don turned around at Highway 97 in Sand Springs
and rode back to Stillwater for a century ride. David rode to and
from his house to 108 and ended the day with 85 miles. He also had
a flat tire at Mannford. Valerie had a crash on 51 near Keystone
Dam but was not hurt. My camera had too much of the rain and stopped
working correctly in Tulsa. I missed some good photo opportunities
at lunch and the SAG ride home. Dean Bloodgood was kind enough to
haul us home using the RDP bike trailer - after he joined us for
lunch. Valerie's mother Yvonne also joined us for lunch. The Olive
Garden staff were nice and gave us towels to help us get dry.
Later that night with the help of a small phillips screw driver and a hair dryer I was able to get my camera working again. |
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